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For a superior lens with about the same range, get the Nikon AF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 D IF. This is a hot little lens for general all around photography. Its no longer in production in this version. The current model is the aperture-less G version. The older version uses 72mm filters whereas the newer version uses 62mm. The older version can be easily found on Ebay or camera places like B&H Photo, KEH.com or Adorama.

I owned one and used it on my D70. Built quality is superb, but I had problems with the AF. Sometimes at infinity the camera did not want to fire. It was definitly the lens, not the camera. The Tokina service fixed it and all worked well. But I sold it a bit later and decided only to use Nikkors. It was not my first bad experience with third party lenses.